Answer / sassss

THE PREVIOUS ANSWER IS WRONG; THE SYNTAX OF PROC SORT IS AS
FOLLOWS
PROC SORT DATA=<DNAME>;
BY <VARNAME/S>;
RUN;

HENCE THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS:

proc sort data=x;
BY state district county;
run;

Answer / chirag patel

Proc Sort Data = x ;
by State District County _Numeric_;
run ;

Answer / poornima

proc sort data=x;
var state district county;
run;

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